I.to put, bring, or introduce into, to insert (class.); constr. with in and acc., or with dat.
I. Lit.
A. In gen.: “collum in laqueum,” Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 17, § 37; id. de Or. 2, 39, 162: “oculos in pectora,” Ov. M. 2, 94: “caput in tentoria,” Liv. 8, 36, 6: “gemmas aureis soleis,” Curt. 9, 1, 29: “falces longuriis,” Caes. B. G. 3, 14: “subtegmen radiis,” Ov. M. 6, 56: “in avium nidis aliquid,” Plin. 24, 19, 113, § 174.—
B. In partic., to ingraft: quidquid inserueris, vimine diligenter ligato, Col. Arb. 8, 2: “surculus insertus,” id. ib. 3.—
II. Trop., to bring into, introduce, to mix or mingle with: “amputanda plura sunt illi aetati, quam inserenda,” Cic. Cael. 31, 76: “jus est, quod non opinio genuit, sed quaedam innata vis inseruit,” id. Inv. 2, 53, 161: “historiae jocos,” Ov. Tr. 2, 444: “querelas,” Tac. H. 1, 23: “adeo minimis etiam rebus prava religio inserit Deos,” Liv. 27, 23, 2: “contiones directas operi suo,” Just. 38, 3: “tantae rerum magnitudini hoc inserere,” Vell. 2, 107, 1: “haec libello,” Suet. Dom. 18: manus, to set one's hands to, Luc. 8, 552: “liberos sceleri,” to draw into, involve in crime, Sen. Thyest. 322: “nomina alienae gentis Aeacidis,” Ov. M. 13, 33; cf.: “ignobilitatem suam magnis nominibus,” Tac. A. 6, 2: se, to mingle with, join, engage in: “inserentibus se centurionibus,” id. H. 2, 19: “se turbae,” Ov. A. A. 1, 605: “se bellis civilibus,” id. M. 3, 117: civium numero, to reckon or enroll among, Suet. Aug. 42: “Liviorum familiae,” id. Tib. 3: “stellis et concilio Jovis,” Hor. C. 3, 25, 6: “aliquem vitae,” i. e. to preserve alive, Stat. S. 5, 5, 72: nomen famae, to attach to fame, i. e. to render celebrated, Tac. Or. 10.
